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He mentioned elimination of all unmanned crossings as one of the biggest reason for this success saying “a lot fatalities happen at this point.The officials said that apart from less number of trains being late this year, the duration for which the trains have been late has also come down significantly.For the coming days the Railways has set ambitious target of dedicated freight, passenger corridors and privatisation apart from improving facilities and safety. All over the world private train operators are working. There was no passenger fatality during the Railway accidents,” said chairman of railway board (CRB) Vinod Kumar Yadav.To improve catering and food facilities, one of the biggest area of complaint for passengers, Railways will soon start e-catering services where passengers can order food online that will be delivered to them at stations. Already Railway commandos have been deployed in crucial routes.“Safety gets top priority. Zero fatality of passengers and punctuality were among the biggest achievements of Railways in the first 100 days of the NDA government, claimed officials. “Between April to August we have removed 534 MLCs compared to 167 last year and the government is now moving to remove 2565 man level crossings in the country,” he said.“LHB coaches are being used to reduce fatalities. We too are working on that.. Food packets with QR codes have been linked to live kitchen feedMr Yadav said that in the coming days CCTVs will be put up in all Railway stations and mail trains.”Mr Yadav mentioned that in the coming days the Railways will eliminate all manned level crossings (MLC). Better asset maintenance, monitoring of late start of trains, adherence to time tables and balancing between block requirements for safety works and infrastructure creation, freight and passenger train running were some of the steps taken to improve punctuality.The official added that 2018-19 was the best year in terms of safety performance with 59 accidents and till September 6, 2019 there were 31 accidents.In this regard the CRB chief said that Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Howrah dedicated freight and passenger corridors are being readied to reduce travel time. He further said that Railways is using ICT for track maintenance that has reduced rail fracture substantially bringing down accidents. We are preparing documents for bidding etc. Mr Yadav said.He added that to include private train operations, Railway pallet mold Manufacturers needs a long term vision and dedicated corridors. From October 2, the Railways will move to cut down single use plastic and all water bottles will be recycled. In addition to this CCTV cameras have been set up in 44 out of 46 base kitchen to monitor quality and for live monitoring of IRCTC kitchens. “This will increase average speed of passenger trains by 60 per cent and journeys by Rajdhani trains will become fully overnight,” Mr Yadav said. The approval for raising of speed on New Delhi-Mumbai and New Delhi-Howrah routes to 160 kmph was obtained on August 5 and the project will be implemented by 2022-23. A lot of companies have shown interest. “Indian Railways will run trains for some time but at some point of time private sector has to be come like in aviation.He added that switching over from integral coach factory (ICF) to safer linke hofmann busch (LHB) coach production was another reason behind the zero fatalities.While explaining the concept, the CRB chief said that even with privatization the tracks, the locos and the drivers will be of Indian Railways the services and facilities will be by private parties.Mr Yadav said that the focus in the upcoming days will be on infrastructure building to create capacity, reduce congestions and improve mobility of trains.Railways is also happy over its punctuality rate which it claims has increased to 73 per cent this year till now, compared to 66 per cent last year (same period). It has been decided that no ICF coaches will be produced and coaches in 65 trains have been replaced with LHB between April and August,” Mr Yadav said.